ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - September 12, 2025

>> David: TONIGHT, THE BREAKING. NEWS IN THE KILLING OF CHARLIE. KIRK. THE SUSPECT UNDER ARREST. THE NEW IMAGES TONIGHT. 22-YEAR-OLD TYLER ROBINSON NOW. BEHIND BARS. >> WE GOT HIM. >> David: THE SUSPECT EXPECTED. TO FACE STATE CHARGES FOR. ALLEGEDLY SHOOTING AND KILLING. TURNING POINT USA FOUNDER. CHARLIE KIRK. DURING HIS EVENT AT UTAH VALLEY. UNIVERSITY. TONIGHT, THE SUSPECT'S FAMILY. REPORTEDLY PLAYING A ROLE IN HIS. ARREST, ACCORDING TO. AUTHORITIES. SAYING HIS FATHER RECOGNIZING. HIS SON FROM PHOTOS RELEASED BY.

THE FBI. TONIGHT HERE, AUTHORITIES NOW. LAYING OUT THE NEW TIMELINE. WHEN THAT SUSPECT ALLEGEDLY. ARRIVED ON CAMPUS, CHANGING. CLOTHES, AND HOW THEY SAY THIS. UNFOLDED. TMZ OBTAINING VIDEO BEFORE THE. SHOOTING SHOWING A MAN MATCHING. HIS DESCRIPTION APPEARING TO. WALK WITH A LIMP. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. TONIGHT SAY HE WAS WALKING THAT. WAY TO HIDE THAT HIGH-POWERED. RIFLE. AND THE FBI REVEALING DRAMATIC. VIDEO, SAYING IT SHOWS THE. SUSPECT MOMENTS AFTER THE. SHOOTING JUMPING FROM THE. ROOFTOP TO MAKE HIS ESCAPE. AND TONIGHT, WHAT THEY SAY THEY. FOUND WRITTEN ON THE BULLETS. AND THIS EVENING HERE, THE. REMARKABLE MOMENT.

THE STARK WARNING FROM THE. REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF UTAH FOR. ALL AMERICANS, CALLING SOCIAL. MEDIA A CANCER, ASKING AMERICANS. TO LOG OFF, TOUCH GRASS, HUG A. FAMILY MEMBER, DO GOOD IN YOUR. COMMUNITY, DENOUNCING THE. VIOLENCE AGAINST REPUBLICANS AND. DEMOCRATS. OUR TEAM STANDING BY WITH NEW. REPORTING RIGHT HERE TONIGHT. >>> ALSO ON THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, THE ALARMING IMAGES PLAYING OUT. ACROSS THE U.S. POLICE RESPONDING TO FAKE. THREATS ON AMERICAN CAMPUSES. CALLS MEANT TO SCARE, AND NOW. THE FALSE THREAT LEADING TO A. REAL SHOOTING AT THE U.S. NAVAL. ACADEMY IN MARYLAND.

>>> TONIGHT, I.C.E. OPERATION IN. CHICAGO, AN OFFICER INJURED, DRAGGED BY A CAR TRYING TO FLEE. A TRAFFIC STOP. THE OFFICER SHOOTING AND KILLING. THE DRIVER. >>> TONIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP. SUGGESTING RUSSIAN DRONES OVER. POLAND'S AIR SPACE MIGHT HAVE. BEEN A MISTAKE BY RUSSIA. TONIGHT, POLAND SAYING IT'S NO. MISTAKE AND NATO SCRAMBLING TO. BEEF UP SECURITY. MARTHA RADDATZ STANDING BY, AND. WHAT'S NOW BEING DONE. >>> BACK IN THE U.S. TONIGHT, SCARY MOMENTS FOR A JET BLUE. FLIGHT PREPARING FOR TAKEOFF FOR. BOSTON. THE PLANE'S WING SMASHING. THROUGH THE WINDOWS OF THE. AIRPORT RIGHT INTO A RESTAURANT.

>>> TONIGHT, YOU HAVE TO SEE. THIS. THE TODDLER NOW SEEN BY. MILLIONS. SO MANY TEAMS JOINING IN. EVEN THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPS. BECAUSE OF WHAT THIS LITTLE BOY. DOES EVERY DAY. WHO IS OUR "PERSON OF THE WEEK"? >> David: GOOD EVENING, AND IT'S. GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US HERE. ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. AND WE DO BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE.

BREAKING NEWS IN THE KILLING OF. CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST CHARLIE. KIRK AT UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY. TONIGHT, THE SUSPECT NOW UNDER. ARREST, AND AUTHORITIES NOW SAY. HIS FAMILY PLAYED A ROLE IN HIS. SURRENDER. UTAH GOVERNOR SPENCER COX. IDENTIFYING THE ALLEGED SHOOTER. AS 22-YEAR-OLD TYLER ROBINSON, TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER THE. GOVERNOR SAYS HE CONFESSED TO A. FAMILY MEMBER. THE INVESTIGATION PICKING UP. SPEED AFTER THE FBI RELEASED NEW. IMAGES OF THE SUSPECT LAST. NIGHT. AUTHORITIES SAY HIS FATHER. RECOGNIZING HIS SON DRESSED IN. DARK CLOTHES AND WEARING. SUNGLASSES. THE GOVERNOR SAYS THE FATHER. WORKED TO CONVINCE HIS SON TO. TURN HIMSELF IN. AUTHORITIES ALSO RELEASING.

DRAMATIC VIDEO THAT THEY SAY. SHOWS THE SUSPECT MAKING HIS. ESCAPE MOMENTS AFTER THE. SHOOTING, JUMPING FROM A ROOFTOP. TO THE GROUND, THEN RUNNING. AWAY. THE GOVERNOR SAYING TYLER. ROBINSON LEFT MESSAGES ON THE. BULLET CASINGS DESCRIBED AS. ANTI-FASCIST MESSAGES. AND TONIGHT, THE NEW TIMELINE. HERE. HOW AUTHORITIES SAY THIS ALL. UNFOLDED. WHEN THE SUSPECT ARRIVED ON. CAMPUS AND ALLEGEDLY CHANGED AND. MADE HIS WAY TO THAT BUILDING. ABC'S CHIEF NATIONAL. CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN. LEADING US OFF TONIGHT FROM. UTAH. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THE MAN.

AUTHORITIES SAY ASSASSINATED. CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST CHARLIE. KIRK WITH A SINGLE SHOT IN FRONT. OF A CROWD OF THOUSANDS NOW. BEHIND BARS. THEY SAY 22-YEAR-OLD TYLER. ROBINSON TURNED HIMSELF IN AT. THE URGING OF HIS OWN FATHER, WHO RECOGNIZED HIM FROM THE. WIDELY CIRCULATED PHOTOS AND. VIDEOS. >> GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND. GENTLEMEN. WE GOT HIM. >> Reporter: UTAH GOVERNOR. SPENCER COX SAYING ROBINSON HAD. CONFESSED TO A FAMILY MEMBER. >> A FAMILY MEMBER OF TYLER. ROBINSON REACHED OUT TO A FAMILY. FRIEND, WHO CONTACTED THE.

WASHINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S. OFFICE WITH INFORMATION THAT. ROBINSON HAD CONFESSED TO THEM. OR IMPLIED THAT HE HAD COMMITTED. THE INCIDENT. >> Reporter: THE GOVERNOR SAYING. A FAMILY MEMBER SAID ROBINSON. HAD RECENTLY BECOME MORE. POLITICAL AND HAD BROUGHT UP. KIRK'S VISIT DURING A FAMILY. DINNER. >> ROBINSON MENTIONED CHARLIE. KIRK WAS COMING TO UVU. THEY TALKED ABOUT WHY THEY. DIDN'T LIKE HIM AND THE. VIEWPOINTS THAT HE HAD. THE FAMILY MEMBER ALSO STATED. KIRK WAS FULL OF HATE AND. SPREADING HATE. >> Reporter: AFTER PAINSTAKINGLY. PIECING TOGETHER VIDEO, INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY'VE. RECONSTRUCTED ROBINSON'S PATH TO.

THE SCENE OF THE CRIME. THEY SAY HE ARRIVED ON CAMPUS IN. HIS DODGE CHALLENGER AT 8:29. A.M., AND AT SOME POINT CHANGED. INTO THE DISTINCTIVE OUTFIT. SEEN IN THOSE PHOTOS. BLACK CAP, SUNGLASSES, AND THAT. BLACK SHIRT EMBLAZE ZONED WITH. AN EAGLE AND AN AMERICAN FLAG. TMZ OBTAINING THIS VIDEO OF A. MAN WHO MATCHES THAT. DESCRIPTION, AND HE APPEARS TO. BE LIMPING. POLICE SAY BEFORE THE SHOOTING, ROBINSON APPEARS TO WALK WITH A. STIFF RIGHT LEG. THAT IS, HIS ABILITY TO BEND HIS.

RIGHT LEG APPEARS TO BE. RESTRICTED. LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES NOW TELL. US INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE. ROBINSON WAS HIDING HIS LONG GUN. UNDER HIS CLOTHING, WHICH. EXPLAINS WHY HE WAS WALKING THAT. WAY. POLICE SAY MORE THAN THREE HOURS. LATER AT 11:50 A.M., CAMERAS. CAUGHT ROBINSON MAKING HIS WAY. UP THE BUILDING STAIRWELL INTO. THE ROOF, WHERE HE CROUCHED DOWN. AND WAITED. WATCHING KIRK REV UP THE CROWD. AND AT 12:22, THEY SAY ROBINSON. STARTED TO RUN, NOT LIMPING. ANYMORE, LAYING DOWN IN A SNIPER.

POSITION ABOUT 175 YARDS AWAY. FROM THE STAGE. AND JUST ONE MINUTE LATER, AS. KIRK WAS ANSWERING A QUESTION. ABOUT GUN VIOLENCE, POLICE SAY. THE SUSPECT FIRED. >> YOU KNOW HOW MANY MASS. SHOOTERS THERE HAVE BEEN IN. AMERICA OVER THE LAST TEN. YEARS --. [ GUNSHOT ]. >> Reporter: AS THE CROWD DUCKED. IN PANIC, CAMERAS CAPTURING THIS. IMAGE OF A SHADOWY FIGURE ON THE. ROOF. POLICE SAY THIS VIDEO SHOWS. ROBINSON SCAMPERING ACROSS THE. ROOF AND DROPPING DOWN TO THE. GROUND, AND THEN JOGGING OFF.

DID IT SEEM LIKE HE HAD A. FIREARM WHEN HE CAME DOWN? >> YEAH, I BELIEVE HE DID. THE VIDEO'S VERY GRAINY. IT'S FROM A DISTANCE. BUT YES, WE ABSOLUTELY BELIEVE. HE HAD THE FIREARM WHEN HE. JUMPED OFF THAT BUILDING. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES SAY. THAT SUSPECT CROSSED THE STREET. FROM CAMPUS, JUST OVER THERE, WALKED UP THIS DRIVE INTO THIS. WOODED AREA. AND SOMEWHERE AROUND HERE, HE. STASHED THAT RIFLE, WRAPPED IN A. DARK TOWEL. THOSE CARTRIDGES STILL INSIDE. THE GOVERNOR TODAY SAYING THERE. WERE MESSAGES INSCRIBED ON THE. BULLET CASINGS.

>> I WILL LEAVE THAT UP TO YOU. TO INTERPRET WHAT THOSE. ENGRAVINGS MEAN. I THINK THE CLEAREST ONE THAT. SAYS "CATCH FASCIST" -- THERE'S. NOT -- BY THE WAY, THAT'S LIKE. CATCH, LIKE A BALL, CATCH THIS. THAT'S -- I THINK THAT SPEAKS. FOR ITSELF. >> Reporter: AUTHORITIES ALSO. ALLEGING ROBINSON SHARED DETAILS. ABOUT THE SHOOTING AND MESSAGES. TO HIS ROOMMATE. >> THE MESSAGES ALSO REFER TO. ENGRAVING BULLETS AND A ME AND N. OF A SCOPE AND THE RIFLE BEING.

UNIQUE. >> AND TONIGHT, FOR THE FIRST. TIME, WE'RE HEARING FROM. CHARLIE KIRK'S WIDOW, ERICA. >> CHARLIE LOVED HIS CHILDREN, AND HE LOVED ME WITH ALL OF HIS. HEART. AND I KNEW THAT EVERY. DAY. I KNEW THAT HE MADE SURE. I KNEW THAT EVERY DAY, EVERY. DAY HE WOULD ASK ME, HOW CAN I. SERVE YOU BETTER? HOW CAN I BE. A BETTER HUSBAND? HOW CAN I BE. A BETTER FATHER EVERY DAY? EVERY DAY. SUCH A GOOD MAN.

>> DAVID. TONIGHT, TYLER. ROBINSON IS AN INMATE AT THE. UTAH COUNTY JAIL. HE HAS NOT. YET BEEN FORMALLY CHARGED. WE. EXPECT THOSE CHARGES TO BE. FILED ON TUESDAY, LIKELY. FOLLOWED BY FEDERAL CHARGES. AND OFFICIALS TELL US THAT IF. HE IS CONVICTED, HE WILL. OFF AGAIN HERE TONIGHT. MATT, THANK YOU. AUTHORITIES OF COURSE LOOKING. INTO TYLER ROBINSON'S. BACKGROUND, HIS SOCIAL MEDIA. POSTS, HIS EXPERIENCE WITH GUNS. HE WAS FROM A FAMILY OF HUNTERS. POLICE TONIGHT SAYING A FAMILY. MEMBER DESCRIBING TYLER.

ROBINSON'S ALLEGED RECENT. FRUSTRATION WITH POLITICS AND. HATE. HE'S NOW EXPECTED TO FACE THOSE. STATE CHARGES. HERE'S PIERRE THOMAS. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, A PORTRAIT. EMERGING OF TYLER ROBINSON, THE. 22-YEAR-OLD UTAH MAN WHO. AUTHORITIES SAY ASSASSINATED. CHARLIE KIRK. SOCIAL MEDIA TELLS PART OF HIS. STORY. HIS FAMILY INCLUDED HUNTERS, PEOPLE VERY FAMILIAR AND. COMFORTABLE WITH GUNS. HE COMES FROM A MIDDLE-CLASS. MORMON FAMILY. ROBINSON'S MOTHER IS A SOCIAL. WORKER. HIS FATHER RECENTLY RAN A.

KITCHEN COUNTERTOP BUSINESS. THOUGH HE DID NOT HAVE MILITARY. EXPERIENCE, SOURCES TELL ABC. NEWS THEY BELIEVE ROBINSON WAS. PROFICIENT WITH FIREARMS AND HAD. ENOUGH SKILL TO MAKE A. LONG-DISTANCE SHOT FROM AN. ELEVATED PERCH. AND TODAY THE GOVERNOR ALLEGED. THAT THE SUSPECT WANTED TO. LITERALLY USE BULLETS TO SEND. MESSAGES. HERE'S WHAT THE GOVERNOR SAID. WAS ON THE SHELL CASINGS. RECOVERED FROM THAT SINGLE-BOLT. ACTION RIFLE BELIEVED TO HAVE. BEEN USED IN THE ATTACK. >> INSCRIPTIONS ON THE THREE.

UNFIRED CASINGS READ, "HEY, FASCIST!". "CATCH!". >> Reporter: ANOTHER SHELL. CASING REFERENCING AN ITALIAN. ANTI-FASCIST FOLK SONG. THE ENGRAVINGS APPEAR TO POINT. TO A MAN CONSUMED BY INTERNET. CULTURE. ROBINSON ALSO USING THE. MESSAGING APP DISCORD TO. COMMUNICATE, A POPULAR MESSAGING. TOOL USED BY YOUNG PEOPLE THAT. HAS BEEN REPEATEDLY TIED TO. YOUNG MEN ENGAGED IN HORRIFIC. ACTS OF VIOLENCE. DISCORD RELEASING A STATEMENT. TODAY ACKNOWLEDGING ROBINSON DID. HAVE AN ACCOUNT WITH THEIR.

PLATFORM, SINCE DELETED, BUT SAY. THEY FOUND NO EVIDENCE THE. SUSPECT PLANNED THIS INCIDENT OR. PROMOTED VIOLENCE ON THEIR. PLATFORM. CHRISTIAN SHWEERMAN IS THE. CUSTODIAN AT ROBINSON'S GRADE. SCHOOL AND HAS KNOWN THE. ROBINSON FAMILY OVER 16 YEARS, DESCRIBING THE SUSPECT AS SMART. >> HE'S PART OF OUR. NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW? I SAW HIM GROW UP. I WOULD HAVE NEVER HAVE THOUGHT. THAT. >> Reporter: BROOKSBY HAS KNOWN. ROBINSON SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL. >> I KNEW HIS FAMILY HAD. FIREARMS. I KNEW HE SHOT ALL THE TIME. THERE WAS PICTURES ALL OVER HIS.

FAMILY'S FACEBOOK OF HIM WITH. FIREARMS. EVERYONE IN ST. GEORGE HAS THEM. IT'S A VERY CONSERVATIVE TOWN. >> Reporter: DAVID, AS YOU. HEARD, AUTHORITIES SAY TYLER. ROBINSON, DESCRIBED BY FAMILY. AND FRIENDS AT SMART, CAME HOME. MORE CONCERNED BY POLITICS. APPARENTLY TOLD A FAMILY MEMBER. THAT HE WAS CONCERNED THAT. CHARLIE KIRK WAS FULL OF HATE. DAVID? >> David: PIERRE THOMAS ON THE. UNFOLDING INVESTIGATION TONIGHT. >>> NOW TO THAT REMARKABLE. MOMENT TODAY AMID ALL OF THESE. DEVELOPMENTS.

THE STARK WARNING FROM THE. REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR OF UTAH FOR. ALL AMERICANS. THE GOVERNOR CALLING SOCIAL. MEDIA, QUOTE, A CANCER, ASKING. AMERICANS TO LOG OFF, TOUCH. GRASS, HUG A FAMILY MEMBER, DO. GOOD IN YOUR COMMUNITY. DENOUNCING THE VIOLENCE AGAINST. REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS. HERE'S JONATHAN KARL ON WHAT HE. SAID. >> Reporter: UTAH GOVERNOR. SPENCER COX SAID TODAY THE. KILLING OF CHARLIE KIRK MADE HIM. ANGRY, AS ANGRY AS HE HAS EVER. BEEN. >> IT IS AN ATTACK ON ALL OF US. IT IS AN ATTACK ON THE AMERICAN.

EXPERIMENT. IT IS AN ATTACK ON OUR IDEALS. >> Reporter: BUT DESPITE THE. ANGER, GOVERNOR COX, A. REPUBLICAN, IS PLEADING FOR. CALM, FOR DIALING DOWN THE RAGE. AND THE DIVISION. POINTING OUT THAT POLITICAL. VIOLENCE HAS TARGETED DEMOCRATS. AS WELL AS REPUBLICANS, SAYING. THE SHOOTING IN HIS STATE CAN BE. A TURNING POINT FOR AMERICA. >> WE CAN RETURN VIOLENCE WITH. VIOLENCE. WE CAN RETURN HATE WITH HATE. AND THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH. POLITICAL VIOLENCE IS IT. METASTASIZES.

BECAUSE WE CAN ALWAYS POINT THE. FINGER AT THE OTHER SIDE. AND AT SOME POINT, WE HAVE TO. FIND AN OFF-RAMP OR IT'S GOING. TO GET MUCH, MUCH WORSE. >> Reporter: THE GOVERNOR'S. WORDS STOOD IN STARK CONTRAST TO. THOSE, INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT, WHO HAVE BLAMED THE ATTACK ON. THE, QUOTE, RADICAL LEFT. >> I THINK WE NEED MORE MORAL. CLARITY RIGHT NOW. I HEAR ALL THE TIME THAT WORDS. ARE VIOLENCE. WORDS ARE NOT VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE. IS VIOLENCE. THERE IS ONE PERSON RESPONSIBLE.

FOR WHAT HAPPENED HERE, AND THAT. PERSON IS NOW IN CUSTODY. >> Reporter: AND COX TOOK AIM AT. ALL THOSE HATEFUL MESSAGES. CIRCULATING ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> SOCIAL MEDIA IS A CANCER ON. OUR SOCIETY RIGHT NOW, AND I. WOULD ENCOURAGE -- AGAIN, I. WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LOG. OFF, TURN OFF, TOUCH GRASS, HUG. A FAMILY MEMBER, GO OUT AND DO. GOOD IN YOUR COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: GOVERNOR COX CALLED. THE KILLING OF CHARLIE KIRK A. WATERSHED MOMENT, MARKING A NEW.

CHAPTER IN AMERICAN HISTORY. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER IT IS. THE END OF A DARK CHAPTER OR THE. BEGINNING OF AN EVEN DARKER ONE. DAVID? >> David: YOU'RE RIGHT TO POINT. IT OUT, JON, BECAUSE A LOT OF. PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT. GOVERNOR COX'S WORDS TODAY. JON KARL, OUR THANKS TO YOU. >>> WE TURN NOW TO THE OTHER. NEWS TONIGHT, AND ACROSS THE. U.S. TO THE MULTIPLE HOAXES. PLAYING OUT IN THIS COUNTRY IN. THE LAST 24 HOURS. POLICE RESPONDING TO FAKE. THREATS ON SEVERAL AMERICAN. CAMPUSES. CALLS MEANT TO SCARE. BUT TONIGHT, THERE'S BEEN A. HORRIBLE TURN. THE FALSE THREAT LEADING TO A. REAL SHOOTING AT THE U.S. NAVAL. ACADEMY IN MARYLAND. HERE'S AARON KATERSKY.

>> Reporter: WITH THE COUNTRY. ALREADY ON EDGE, FEAR AND. FRUSTRATION AS AN EPIDEMIC OF. HOAX SECURITY THREATS OVERWHELMS. AMERICAN COLLEGE CAMPUSES. AND TONIGHT, PROOF OF HOW. DANGEROUS THESE CAN BE. A FAKE THREAT LEADING TO A REAL. SHOOTING AT THE U.S. NAVAL. ACADEMY. >> I'M REQUESTING UNITS FOR AN. EMS TASK FORCE ON THE CAMPUS. ACADEMY FOR AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. EVENT. >> Reporter: THAT TURNED OUT TO.

BE BOGUS ON THURSDAY, BUT THE. ACADEMY WAS LOCKED DOWN OVER. FEARS THE PURPORTED SHOOTER WAS. POSING AS POLICE. IN THE CHAOS, A MIDSHIPMAN SHOT. IN A SHOULDER AFTER CONFRONTING. A SECURITY OFFICER HE THOUGHT. WAS A GUNMAN. IT CAME AT THE END OF A DAY THAT. SAW MORE THAN A DOZEN HOAXES. MANY OF THEM, POLICE SAY, RACIALLY MOTIVATED, TARGETING. HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND. UNIVERSITIES AMONG OTHER. SCHOOLS, INCLUDING U-MASS. BOSTON. >> COPS CAME UP THE STAIRCASE, THEY KICKED THE DOOR DOWN. THEY HAD ALL TACTICAL GEAR ON. AND RIFLES AND THEY'RE LIKE, "YOU GOT TO GET OUT, THERE MIGHT. BE AN ACTIVE SHOOTER.". >> Reporter: HEAVILY ARMED. OFFICERS SWARMING THE CAMPUS. AND SEEN SWEEPING DORMITORIES. ROOM BY ROOM, GUNS DRAWN.

ONE STUDENT EXITING WITH HER. HANDS UP. AUTHORITIES LATER DETERMINING. THERE WAS NO THREAT. THAT MIDSHIPMAN IS OUT OF THE. HOSPITAL TONIGHT, DAVID. THE REALITY IS, LAW ENFORCEMENT. AUTHORITIES ARE REALLY. STRUGGLING TO CONTAIN THIS. CRISIS OF SWATTING IN THE. COUNTRY AND RECOGNIZING THE. CLIMATE DOES NOT HELP. DAVID? >> David: NO QUESTION ABOUT. THAT, AARON, THANK YOU. >>> WE MOVE ON NOW TO THE DEADLY. I.C.E. CONFRONTATION IN A. CHICAGO SUBURB. I.C.E. OFFICERS ATTEMPTING TO. RACHT A SUSPECT DURING A TRAFFIC. STOP. DHS TONIGHT SAYING ONE OF THE.

OFFICERS WAS STRUCK BY THE. DRIVER AND DRAGGED AS HE TRIED. TO FLEE THE SCENE. THAT AUTHORITY SAYING THE. OFFICER, FEARING FOR HIS LIFE, SHOT AND KILLED THE SUSPECT. THAT OFFICER IN THE HOSPITAL. TONIGHT RECOVERING FROM SERIOUS. INJURIES. >>> RUSSIAN DRONES OVER POLAND'S. AIR SPACE. PRESIDENT TRUMP SUGGESTING THOSE. DRONES OVER POLAND COULD HAVE. BEEN A MISTAKE BY RUSSIA. BUT TONIGHT, POLAND SAYING IT. WAS NO MISTAKE, AND WHAT NATO IS. NOW DOING TO SEND A MESSAGE TO. VLADIMIR PUTIN. HERE'S MARTHA RADDATZ. >> Reporter: OVERNIGHT, PRESIDENT TRUMP SUGGESTING. RUSSIA'S DRONE INCURSION INTO. POLAND COULD HAVE BEEN A. MISTAKE.

BUT POLAND INSISTS IT WAS. DELIBERATE. AND TONIGHT, NATO RAMPING UP AIR. DEFENSES FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN. TO THE BALTICS. THIS COMES JUST DAYS AFTER MORE. THAN A DOZEN RUSSIAN ATTACK. DRONES VIOLATED POLAND'S AIR. SPACE. NATO SCRAMBLING FIGHTER JETS TO. SHOOT THEM DOWN. >> WHAT HAPPENED ON WEDNESDAY. WAS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. RUSSIA'S RECKLESSNESS IN THE AIR. ALONG OUR EASTERN FLANK IS.

INCREASING IN FREQUENCY. >> Reporter: FRANCE, THE UK, AND. GERMANY AMONG SEVERAL NATIONS. NOW SENDING ADDITIONAL ASSETS TO. BETTER DEFEND NATO'S EASTERN. FLANK. AND DAVID, THE AMERICAN GENERAL. IN CHARGE OF NATO FORCES SAYS. THIS SITUATION TRANSCENDS THE. BORDERS OF ONE NATION. WHAT AFFECTS ONE ALLY, HE SAID, AFFECTS US ALL. DAVID? >> David: MARTHA RADDATZ BACK. WITH US HERE TONIGHT. MARTHA, THANK YOU. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK HERE, DISTURBING NEW DETAILS COMING IN. TONIGHT. THERE'S BEEN A BEHEADING AT A. MOTEL IN DALLAS. WHAT AUTHORITIES HAVE NOW. REVEALED ABOUT IT.

>>> ALSO, LOOK AT THIS. THE ALARMING MOMENTS BEFORE A. JET BLUE FLIGHT PREPARING FOR. TAKEOFF FOR BOSTON. THE PLANE PUSHING BACK FROM THE. GATE, THE WING SMASHING THROUGH. THE WINDOWS OF THE AIRPORT RIGHT. INTO A RESTAURANT. >>> TAKE A LOOK AT T. >> David: TONIGHT, WE'RE. LEARNING MORE ABOUT THAT. HORRIFIC SCENE IN DALLAS, A. BEHEADING AT A MOTEL. TONIGHT, A MOTEL WORKER FACING. MURDER CHARGES, AUTHORITIES SAY. GOING AFTER HIS MANAGER. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT BECAME. ENRAGED DURING A CONVERSATION. OVER A BROKEN WASHING MACHINE. DETECTIVES SAY THE SUSPECT.

CONFRONTED THE MANAGER WITH A. MACHETE, KILLING HER. ACCORDING TO POLICE, THE SUSPECT. IS A CUBAN IMMIGRANT WITH A. VIOLENT CRIMINAL PAST. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK ON THIS. FRIDAY NIGHT, THAT JET BLUE. PLANE PULLING BACK FROM THE. GATE, THE WING SMASHING THROUGH. THE WINDOW OF THE AIRPORT WHERE. PEOPLE WERE EATING AT A. >> David: TO THE INDEX TONIGHT. THE JET BLUE PLANE AND ITS WING. SMASHING INTO THE AIRPORT AT. RICHMOND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. IN VIRGINIA, SMASHING THE. WINDOWS OF A RESTAURANT. JET BLUE FLIGHT 1282 PUSHING. BACK FROM THE GATE.

THE WING HIT THREE WINDOWS. THAT PLANE SUPPOSED TO TAKE OFF. FOR BOSTON. NO ONE WAS HURT. >>> THE DUST DEVIL TONIGHT. DAVID WILSON SPOTTED A DUST. DEVIL KICKING UP CORNSTALKS, DIRT, AND DEBRIS IN BROOKSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI. HE CAUGHT THE MOMENT ON CAMERA. WITH ALL OF THAT CORN DUBBING IT. TONIGHT A CORNADO. WE SEE WHAT HE DID THERE. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK TONIGHT, THE FATHER AND HIS TODDLER. WHAT THEY DO EVERY MORNING. IT'S NOW BEEN SEEN BY MILLIONS. EVEN. >> David: FINALLY TONIGHT HERE,

THE TODDLER NICKNAMED "COOP ON A. STOOP.". OUR "PERSON OF THE WEEK.". TONIGHT, THE FATHER AND SON. HOPING IT'S THE SIMPLE THINGS. THAT WILL UNITE COMMUNITIES. IT HAS FOR THEM. DAD AND HIS TODDLER, COOPER. >> WOW! >> WOW! >> David: EVERY MORNING IN COSTA. MESA, CALIFORNIA, FATHER AND SON. CHRIS AND COOPER O'BRIEN SHARING. THE SAME VERY SIMPLE ROUTINE. THAT DAD BRINGING 1 1/2-YEAR-OLD. COOPER OUTSIDE TO SIT ON THEIR. CURB, TO SIMPLY WATCH THE CARS. GO BY TOGETHER, HOPING TO START. THEIR DAY WITH A SMILE.

>> SUNDAY. THE STOOP IS DRY. THE DOG IS WATCHING. >> David: FATHER AND SON AND. MOM, HALEY, STARTED SENDING. THOSE DAILY VIDEOS TO FAMILY AND. FRIENDS, THEN SHARING THEM. ONLINE WITH THEIR COMMUNITY. TONIGHT, IT'S A COMMUNITY OF. MILLIONS. >> WHOA, CRASH LANDING. >> David: PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER. THE COUNTRY NOW STARTING THEIR. OWN DAYS, SMILING RIGHT ALONG. WITH THAT FATHER AND SON. SOME HAVE NOW NICKNAMED THE BOY. "COOP ON A STOOP," SITTING ON. THAT CURB. >> CHECKING THE STOOP.

>> David: EACH DAY WAITING FOR. THE NEWEST VIDEO. WILL COOP SIT ON THE STOOP? WILL HE STAND? A SORT OF GOOD LUCK CHARM AS. THEY START THEIR OWN DAYS. >> OH, FAKE-OUT! >> David: SO MANY NOW WATCHING. TO SEE WHAT COOP WILL DO. >> IS COOP GOING TO SIT ON THE. STOOP? FOR SURE. >> David: THE NEW ENGLAND. PATRIOTS WATCHING FROM THE. LOCKER ROOM. >> I THINK HE'S GOING TO SIT ON. THE STOOP. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY. >> David: THE PHILADELPHIA. EAGLES SITTING JUST LIKE COOP. >> CHECKING STOOP. >> EAGLES QUARTERBACK AND PUNT.

RETURN ER. RETURN. RETURNER GENE POSTING THIS. VIDEO, COOP ON THE STOOP. THE CHICAGO CUBS MASCOT CLARK. GETTING IN ON IT TOO AT WRIGLEY. FIELD. CALLING IT "CLARK IN THE PARK.". AND RIGHT HERE TONIGHT --. >> HOW'S IT GOING, DAVID? >> David: MOM, DAD, AND OF. COURSE, COOP ON THE STOOP. >> JUST MEANT A LOT OF US, SEEING THE JOY HE'S SPREADING TO. PEOPLE. >> David: TONIGHT THEIR HOPE, TO. BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, SHOWING. EVEN THE SIMPLEST THINGS CAN. UNITE.

>> FIND THOSE MOMENTS IN YOUR. DAILY LIFE OF THE PEOPLE IN YOUR. LIFE AROUND YOU, REALLY CHERISH. THEM. >> David: AND SO WE CHOOSE COOP. AND HIS PARENTS AND THEIR SIMPLE. MESSAGE TONIGHT. I'M DAVID MUIR.